The Latest Breaking News from HIV

The first ever injectable drug that can prevent HIV has been approved for use in England and Wales.

In the wake of massive U.S. cuts in foreign aid as well as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, the small southern African country of Lesotho faces deep uncertainty over its fight to end the HIV epidemic and its economy.

The drug, known as cabotegravir, must be administered every two months.

Long-acting injection offers alternative to daily pills taken to protect against the virus

The rollout is expected to begin around three months after Nice publishes its final guidance later this year

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended the injection for people at risk of HIV who are unable to take oral PrEP.

South Africa has welcomed a U.S. bridging plan worth $115 million to continue funding HIV treatment and prevention programs until the end of March

The American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for more than half of new HIV diagnoses nationwide in 2023. This is despite growing availability of a highly effective HIV prevention medication that has made it possible to live a long, healthy life with this once fatal…

For the 2.3 million residents of Lesotho, the announcement of massive cuts to the U.S. aid that sustained much of the small African nation’s health care system came as a shock. The country long had one of the world’s highest HIV infection rates but recently made notable progress and hit…